Bloomberg: Daily Profit Reporting Would End Short-Termism
Reporting Profits Daily Would End Corporate Short-Termism Think there’s too much hoopla about quarterly earnings? Imagine if the circus...
Bloomberg: Old Age Isn’t What Ends a Bull Stock Market
Old Age Isn’t What Ends a Bull Stock Market The length of the run really doesn’t matter very much. Bloomberg, August 17, 2018 ...
Economic Opinions Depend Largely on Party
Source: New York Times Surprise! Partisan politics confuses some peoples’ ability to make objective assessments of...
Bloomberg: Index Funds Will Be OK Confronting Cruel Markets
Index Funds Will Be Fine Confronting Cruel Markets The claim that passive investors will suffer more in an equity slump doesn’t hold...
10 Laws of Insider Trading
I love this set of advisory rules, as laid out in brilliant dry wit by the wonderful Matt Levine: 10 Laws of Insider Trading 1....
Survivorship Bias on Wheels
Source: Medium All you need is some cash, a good mechanic — and a time machine — and you too can beat the broader...
Government Misunderstands Ride Hailing Apps
Uber Is Blamed for the Mistakes of New York’s Leaders Failing to understand market forces will make matters worse. Bloomberg, August 6,...
Is Loss Aversion a Fallacy?
There is a fascinating discussion in Scientific American: “Why the Most Important Idea in Behavioral Decision-Making Is a Fallacy.”...
Bloomberg: Uber Is Blamed for the Mistakes of New York’s Leaders
Uber Is Blamed for the Mistakes of New York’s Leaders Failing to understand market forces will make matters worse. Bloomberg, August 6,...
Get Ready for Tariff-Based Inflation
Inflation Is Coming Thanks to Trump’s Tariffs Levies on steel and aluminum have yet to filter through to prices. But they will....